Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Mervin Paul King (August 1, 1914 March 18, 2008), was a Captain for the Los Angeles Police Department who commanded officers during the SLA shootout in 1974.King was born August 1, 1914 in San Francisco, CA as the only child to the late George and Geneva King. He honorably served in combat operations in the Pacific Theater of World War II on both the USS Hutchins, a Fletcher class destroyer and the USS Markab, a destroyer tender.